The Mexican drug cartel behind a recently discovered killing field and training compounds in Mexico is trying to clean up its image with PR stunts aimed at currying favor among low-income communities.
The Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas sent a team of hitmen from Mexico into the Texas border city of Laredo to kill a man who had allegedly stolen drugs from them. Court documents revealed that the top leadership of the cartel gave the order, and the hitmen were told to “leave no witnesses.”
La facción Cártel del Noreste de Los Zetas envió un equipo de sicarios desde México a la ciudad fronteriza de Nuevo Laredo para asesinar a un hombre que presuntamente les había robado drogas. Documentos judiciales relacionados con el caso revelaron que la orden fue dada por la cúpula del cártel, y que se les indicó a los sicarios que “no dejaran testigos”.
A member of the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas who was living illegally in the border city of Laredo received a five-year, three-month prison sentence for illegally buying ammunition in large quantities. The ammo was eventually going to be smuggled to Mexico.
Mexico’s Senate voted to approve a series of joint military exercises. In the coming days, 155 U.S. Marines will head south to train Mexican Navy infantrymen.
The U.S. Treasury Department placed the leader of a cartel-connected human smuggling organization in its blacklist — a move that looks to freeze all of their assets and forbids any U.S. citizen from doing business with them.
One of Mexico’s most violent drug cartels, now considered by the U.S. to be a terrorist organization, released a video claiming that the recent news stories about a cartel killing field and training camp attributed to them are fabrications. The drug cartel contended that any evidence in that killing field was planted to place the blame on them.
Two brothers who were the supreme leaders of Los Zetas cartel are currently facing a possible life term in prison or a death sentence if they are convicted of the numerous charges against them filed against them by U.S. prosecutors. Earlier this year, the U.S. government designated Los Zetas, who have rebranded as Cartel Del Noreste (CDN), as one of six Mexican cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO).
A cartel-connected former top law enforcement official in the Mexican border state of Nuevo Leon is publicly calling for U.S. President Donald J. Trump to be investigated for protecting Los Zetas and Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada. That same former law enforcement official was the target of several investigations by Breitbart Texas for widespread corruption, cover-ups, and protecting drug cartels during his term as the head of law enforcement for Nuevo Leon.
Un exalto funcionario policiaco del estado fronterizo mexicano de Nuevo León, exigio públicamente que se investigue al presidente estadounidense Donald J. Trump por proteger a Los Zetas e Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada. Este mismo exfuncionario fue objeto de varias investigaciones por parte de Breitbart Texas por corrupción, encubrimientos y protección a cárteles de la droga durante su mandato como jefe de las fuerzas del orden en Nuevo León.
A man from Honduras pleaded guilty to falsely claiming to be an unaccompanied minor while trying to enter the United States.
A group of activists discovered a cartel-connected killing field near the Mexican border city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas. In an abandoned property, activists found more than 14 separate burn sites, metal drums, and hundreds of bone fragments.
New information relating a killing field to Cartel Jalisco New Generation, where authorities found hundreds of shoes and personal items, raises serious questions as to why it was allowed to operate for so long. At the same time, the number of victims reported missing rose to more than 700 in that region.
Mexican authorities tried to take a share of the credit for a large-scale meth seizure that was carried out by officers from U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Roma, Texas.
Las autoridades mexicanas intentaron obtener parte del crédito por una incautación de metanfetamina a gran escala que en realidad fue realizada por oficiales de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (CBP) de Estados Unidos en Roma, Texas.
Hundreds of shoes, clothing, and other personal effects littered the ground on a ranch that had been turned into a killing field and crematorium by Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG). The discovery comes soon after the U.S. government designated CJNG as a foreign terrorist organization and called for its eradication.
The son of the supreme leader of Mexico’s Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) will spend the rest of his life in a U.S. prison. The sentence comes as the U.S. government is placing extreme pressure on Mexico’s government to force them to act against drug cartels.
A member of Mexico’s National Guard pleaded guilty to using his position to help a car theft ring that was supplying vehicles from Texas to the Gulf Cartel in Mexico.
Un miembro de la Guardia Nacional de México se declaró culpable de usar su posición para ayudar a una red de robo de autos que suministraba vehículos al Cártel del Golfo en México.
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum publicly blamed Americans struggling with addiction as the cause of her country facing a new set of tariffs from the Trump administration. She chose to blame victims of cartel drug trafficking rather than ruthless drug lords who enjoy the protection of Mexico’s government.
Mexico’s top security officials revealed that they had information that some of the 28 top cartel drug lords extradited to U.S. authorities last week could have been released by corrupt judges. The historic move occurred on the same day that Mexico’s security cabinet traveled to Washington, D.C., to meet with some U.S. cabinet, military, and law enforcement officials.
In an apparent attempt to appease U.S. officials who have been pushing for tariffs and punitive measures against Mexico for their alleged role in protecting drug cartels, that country’s authorities confirmed the extradition of 29 criminals wanted by the U.S. Department of Justice. These include a top drug boss behind the 1985 murder of DEA Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, the two supreme leaders of Los Zetas Cartel, and the brother of the supreme leader of Cartel Jalisco New Generation.
Mexican authorities extradited the two supreme leaders of Los Zetas just hours before that country’s security cabinet was set to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his staff.
Since last year, Mexico has been trying to get the United States to return arrested drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada. This week, the country’s attorney general complained that the United States has been ignoring their requests.
Las autoridades de México arrestaron a un fugitivo que era el líder de una organización familiar de narcotráfico que trabajaba con varios cárteles que desde principios de la década de 2000 establecieron rutas desde Guatemala hasta la frontera con Texas. El fugitivo se escondía en un lujoso vecindario en el estado fronterizo de Nuevo León.
Authorities in Mexico arrested an elusive fugitive who was the alleged leader of a family-run drug smuggling operation that worked with various cartels which, since the early 2000s, established routes from Guatemala to the Texas border. The fugitive was hiding in a ritzy neighborhood in the border state of Nuevo Leon.
Mexican President Sheinbaum revealed that her government is studying a letter sent by jailed drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada asking for help as he faces a possible life sentence and even the death penalty for his crimes as one of the supreme leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel. The letter comes just days after Sheinbaum filed a series of proposed changes to the country’s constitution that would impair foreign investigations and actions against drug cartels even though the U.S. government formally designated the Sinaloa Cartel and five other Mexican cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO).
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum filed a controversial series of changes to the country’s constitution that would essentially block any investigation or action by foreign law enforcement agencies without their permission. The provisions could enable Mexico to criminally pursue anyone involved in those investigations. The changes come after the United States designated six Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations and announced the intent to eradicate them.
Mexico’s government has been hyping up minor seizures and cartel arrests as part of a PR strategy attempting to appease the Trump administration. Trump officials highlighted Meixco’s inaction against cartels and corruption. The American president has threatened them with tariffs and other punitive measures.
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum announced that she and her staff are considering suing Google for refusing to change the Gulf of America to the Gulf of Mexico.
Mexico’s top security official announced the arrest of a recently promoted member of the Cartel Del Noreste (CDN)faction of Los Zetas. The announcement came just moments after Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum spoke with U.S. President Donald J. Trump about border security and tariffs.
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum agreed to send 10,000 troops to its northern border as one of the ways to stop a 25 percent tariff from the Trump administration temporarily. The concession comes after days of grandstanding by the Mexican president, who publicly claimed she would stand up for her country’s sovereignty.
A former Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office deputy in South Texas will spend almost four years in prison for his role in staging fake drug busts as a way to steal drugs from drug cartel members.
The group of four suspected cartel members who fired at U.S. Border Patrol agents in Texas this week was able to avoid capture after a tense standoff. Mexican authorities left the area, allowing the gunmen to walk away. Mexican authorities have since begun to deny the shooting in an attempt to minimize the violence in the region.
Mexico’s Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero tried to discredit reports of a cartel shootout on the Texas border but got the dates wrong.
A group of cartel gunmen broke into the headquarters of Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office in the border city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas. They spent hours stealing dozens of weapons and bricks of cocaine that had previously been seized and placed in evidence storage areas.
A new trend has surfaced in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas, where state police forces wait hours after cartel gunmen carry out any attack before responding. Mexican federal and military forces have already been doing this and sometimes do not even respond.
Mexican government officials tried to downplay a large-scale cartel shootout in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, that went on for hours. The shootout triggered a security warning from the U.S. consulate in that city.
Three days of shootouts led to several dead gunmen and a gory beheading as members of the terrorist organization Cartel Jalisco New Generation continued their push for control of the western state of Michoacan. This escalation in violence comes one day before Mexican government officials talked about how crime has decreased in recent weeks.
Authorities in the Mexican state of Tabasco remain silent after a group of cartel gunmen left several dismembered bodies on a popular beach with a series of posterboards threatening a rival cartel, as well as the state police chief. The gory crime scene is attributed to an ongoing turf war between local cartels.
